tenant

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• /ˈtɛ.nənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: T EH1 N AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

Possibly just a modification of tenet, but note obsolete tenent (“tenet”).

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُسْتَأْجِر (mustaʔjir) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Armenian: վարձակալ (varjakal) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Armenian: տնվոր (tnvor) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Basque: etxetiar — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Basque: maizter — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Bulgarian: наемател (naematel) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Bulgarian: арендатор (arendator) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Catalan: llogater — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Catalan: inquilí — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 房客 (fángkè) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 佃戶 /佃户 (diànhù) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 租戶 /租户 (zūhù) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Cornish: gobrener — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Cornish: gobrenores — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Czech: nájemce — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Czech: nájemník — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Danish: lejer — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Dutch: pachter — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Finnish: vuokralainen — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Finnish: vuokraaja — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Finnish: vuokramies — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Finnish: torppari — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• French: locataire — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Galician: rendeiro — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Galician: inquilino — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Galician: arrendatario — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Galician: caseiro — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• German: Mieter — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• German: Pächter — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Greek: ενοικιαστής (enoikiastís) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Greek: μισθωτής (misthotís) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Gujarati: ભાડૂત (bhāḍūt) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Gujarati: કિરાયાદાર (kirāyādār) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Hungarian: bérlő — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Icelandic: leigjandi — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Icelandic: leigutaki — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Ido: lokacanto — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Ido: lokacero — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Irish: tionónta — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Italian: inquilino — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Italian: locatario — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Japanese: 借地人 (shakuchi-nin) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Japanese: 小作人 (kosaku-nin) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Kalmyk: патьрлач (patʹrlaç) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Khmer: អ្នកជួល (néak) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Ladino: kiradjí — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Latin: inquilīnus — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Māori: kairīhi — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Norman: locataithe — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: leieboer — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Persian: مست — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Persian: مستاجر (mosta'jer) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Polish: dzierżawca — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Polish: najemca — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Polish: lokator — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Portuguese: inquilino — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Russian: аренда́тор (arendátor) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Russian: съёмщик (sʺjómščik) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Russian: квартиросъёмщик (kvartirosʺjómščik) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: станар — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: станарка — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: stanar — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: stanarka — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Spanish: inquilino — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Spanish: arrendatario — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Swedish: hyresgäst — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Swedish: arrendator — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Turkish: kiracı — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Turkish: müstecir — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Ukrainian: квартирант (kvartyrant) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Urdu: کِرایَہ دار (kirāya dār) — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Vietnamese: người thuê — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Welsh: tenant — one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.
• Bulgarian: обитател (obitatel) — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Chinese Mandarin: 房客 (fángkè) — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Danish: beboer — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Dutch: bewoner — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Dutch: huurder — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Finnish: asukas — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• French: occupant — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• German: Bewohner — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• German: Mieter — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Greek: ένοικος (énoikos) — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Hungarian: lakó — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Icelandic: ábúandi — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Ido: okupanto — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Ido: okupero — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Ido: habitanto — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Ido: habitero — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Japanese: 借り主 (kari-nushi) — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Latin: inquilīnus — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Norwegian: leieboer — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Russian: жиле́ц (žiléc) — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Russian: квартиросъёмщик (kvartirosʺjómščik) — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Spanish: habitante — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Spanish: residente — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Swedish: hyresgäst — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Turkish: kiracı — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Turkish: sakin — one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant
• Bulgarian: со́бственик (sóbstvenik) — law: one who holds property
• Czech: vlastník — law: one who holds property
• Dutch: eigenaar — law: one who holds property
• Finnish: (kiinteistön) haltija — law: one who holds property
• German: Eigentümer — law: one who holds property
• German: Besitzer — law: one who holds property
• Greek: νομέας (noméas) — law: one who holds property
• Greek: επικαρπωτής (epikarpotís) — law: one who holds property
• Hungarian: tulajdonos — law: one who holds property
• Irish: tionónta — law: one who holds property
• Japanese: 賃借人 (chinshaku-nin) — law: one who holds property
• Japanese: 賃借人 (chingari-nin) — law: one who holds property
• Russian: владелец (vladelec) — law: one who holds property
• Russian: собственник (sobstvennik) — law: one who holds property
• Spanish: propietario — law: one who holds property
• Spanish: dueño — law: one who holds property
• Turkish: sahip — law: one who holds property
• Vietnamese: chủ sở hữu — law: one who holds property
• Catalan: llogar — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Chinese Mandarin: 租借 (zūjiè) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Chinese Mandarin: 租 (zū) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Finnish: vuokrata — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• French: louer — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• German: mieten — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Greek: ενοικιάζω (enoikiázo) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Greek: μισθώνω (misthóno) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Japanese: 借りる (kariru) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Japanese: 土地を借りる (tochi o kariru) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Russian: арендова́ть (arendovátʹ) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Russian: снима́ть (snimátʹ) — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Swedish: hyra — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Swedish: arrendera — to hold as, or be, a tenant
• Turkish: kiralamak — to hold as, or be, a tenant